# Raheenmeel, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballyboy, barony of Ballyboy, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Ráithín Maol.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 647,420 m² (64.74 ha, 159.98 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,809 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballyboy, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/ballyboy.md
- Barony: Ballyboy
- Electoral division: Kilcormac, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,486 people lived in 551 households in the Kilcormac electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41404
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 181030
- Centre: latitude 53.163872, longitude -7.735909 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheenmeel, from 129 m² to 145,897 m² (14.59 ha, 36.05 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 294045: 145,897 m² (14.59 ha, 36.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294045.md
- Parcel 279652: 118,884 m² (11.89 ha, 29.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279652.md
- Parcel 306920: 55,469 m² (5.55 ha, 13.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306920.md
- Parcel 288470: 54,861 m² (5.49 ha, 13.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288470.md
- Parcel 310198: 48,431 m² (4.84 ha, 11.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310198.md
- Parcel 282240: 45,206 m² (4.52 ha, 11.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282240.md
- Parcel 6215365: 35,373 m² (3.54 ha, 8.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6215365.md
- Parcel 303627: 34,047 m² (3.4 ha, 8.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303627.md
- Parcel 308744: 32,324 m² (3.23 ha, 7.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308744.md
- Parcel 312484: 11,098 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312484.md
- Parcel 301201: 4,688 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301201.md
- Parcel 272245: 4,609 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272245.md
- Parcel 311507: 4,349 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311507.md
- Parcel 308636: 4,253 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308636.md
- Parcel 269423: 4,155 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269423.md
- Parcel 299295: 3,958 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299295.md
- Parcel 314538: 3,859 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314538.md
- Parcel 302955: 3,857 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302955.md
- Parcel 270343: 3,809 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270343.md
- Parcel 277707: 3,063 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277707.md
- Parcel 294599: 2,938 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294599.md
- Parcel 305482: 2,364 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305482.md
- Parcel 2947167: 2,323 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2947167.md
- Parcel 2947070: 2,303 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2947070.md
- Parcel 275495: 2,282 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275495.md
- Parcel 303293: 2,165 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303293.md
- Parcel 2481606: 2,145 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2481606.md
- Parcel 296026: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296026.md
- Parcel 296323: 2,099 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296323.md
- Parcel 275463: 2,080 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275463.md
- Parcel 295435: 2,054 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295435.md
- Parcel 302316: 716 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/302316.md
- Parcel 275589: 457 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275589.md
- Parcel 273804: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/273804.md
- Parcel 274065: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/274065.md
- Parcel 270667: 159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/270667.md
- Parcel 295032: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/295032.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Raheenmeel in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

7 applications, newest first.

- 4 Jul 2024, Offaly County Council 2460252: Refused. Permission, 1 home. A new dwelling house with attached car garage, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, driveway, entrance and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460252/0
- 19 Jun 2024, Offaly County Council 2460226: N/a. Permission. A new dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, driveway, and entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460226/0
- 24 Feb 2023, Offaly County Council 2374: Conditional. Permission. 10-YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN: WEST PARCEL (DOVEHILL TOWNLAND) C.81.04 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) TOWNLANDS) C.42.2 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & FREAGH TOWNLANDS) C.16.07 HECTARES; A ROUTE CORRIDOR OF 3 HECTARES FOR AN UNDERGROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C.3,956M UNDERGROUND CABLING WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OF THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD. THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C.142.31 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING; 834,632 SQ. METRES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES; INVERTER/TRANSFORMER STATIONS; UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS; BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING; 2 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS; NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; 3 NO. SITE ENTRANCES TO THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD; 40 NO. CCTV/ LIGHTING POSTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,750 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 1,206 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM WILL BE BROKEN INTO 2 NO. SEPARATE PHASES. 'PHASE 1' WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL (C.16.07 HA), CENTRAL PARCEL (C.42.2 HA) AND THE WEST PARCEL (C.14.46 HA). 'PHASE 2' OF THE SOLAR FARM WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS IN THE WEST PARCEL COVERING A SITE AREA OF C.66.58 HA. AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION, PROVISION OF A 110KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANÁLA IN DUE COURSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2374/0
- 5 Dec 2022, Offaly County Council 22622: N/a. Permission. A 10-YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN: WEST PARCEL (DOVEHILL TOWNLAND) C. 119.25 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) TOWNLANDS) C. 42.2 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & FREAGH TOWNLANDS) C. 16.07 HECTARES; A ROUTE CORRIDOR OF 3.5 HECTARES FOR AN UNDERGROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C. 3,859M UNDERGROUND CABLING WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OF THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD. THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C. 181.02 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING;1,070,756 SQ. METRES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES; INVERTER / TRANSFORMER STATIONS; UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS; BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING; 2 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS; NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; SITE ENTRANCES TO THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD; 54 NO. CCTV/ LIGHTING POSTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,859 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 661.5 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM WILL BE BROKEN INTO 2 NO. SEPARATE PHASES. 'PHASE 1' WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL (C. 16.07 HA), CENTRAL PARCEL (C. 42.2 HA) AND THE WEST PARCEL (C. 52.67 HA). 'PHASE 2' OF THE SOLAR FARM WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS IN THE WEST PARCEL COVERING A SITE AREA OF C. 66.58 HA. AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION, PROVISION OF A 110KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANÁLA IN DUE COURSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22622/0
- 11 Nov 2022, Offaly County Council 22586: N/a. Permission. A 10-YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN: WEST PARCEL (DOVEHILL TOWNLAND) C. 119.25 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL (GORTAMUCK & CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) TOWNLANDS) C. 42.2 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL (GORTAMUCK & FREAGH TOWNLANDS) C. 16.07 HECTARES; A ROUTE CORRIDOR OF 3.5 HECTARES FOR AN UNDERGROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C. 3,859M UNDERGROUND CABLING WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OF THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD. THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C. 181.02 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING;1,070,756 SQ. METRES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES; INVERTER / TRANSFORMER STATIONS; UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS; BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING; 2 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS; NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; SITE ENTRANCES TO THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD; 54 NO. CCTV/ LIGHTING POSTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,859 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 661.5 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM WILL BE BROKEN INTO 2 NO. SEPARATE PHASES. 'PHASE 1' WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL (C. 16.07 HA), CENTRAL PARCEL (C. 42.2 HA) AND THE WEST PARCEL (C. 52.67 HA). 'PHASE 2' OF THE SOLAR FARM WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS IN THE WEST PARCEL COVERING A SITE AREA OFC. 66.58 HA. AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION, PROVISION OF A 1 10KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANÁLA IN DUE COURSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22586/0
- 22 Nov 2021, Offaly County Council 21720: Conditional. Retention. REVISED SITE CURTILAGE AND LAYOUT. PREVIOUS FILE REFERENCE PL2/81/493. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21720/0
- 16 Mar 2017, Offaly County Council 1796: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. PROPOSED ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/1796/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Raheenmeel.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- OF031-021: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF031-021----. Depicted as 'Williams Fort' on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Modern sheds and large 19th-century house built inside large enclosure on line of earthen bank which encloses modern farmyard. Recent erection of sheds inside enclosure revealed no archaeological deposits. Not marked on 1840 edition of OS 6-inch map. Possible landscape feature. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Raheenmeel.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Raheenmeel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1763, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1763.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/offaly/raheenmeel.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/raheenmeel.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/raheenmeel.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Raheenmeel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Frankford: https://everytownland.com/offaly/frankford.md
- Freagh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/freagh.md
- Gortnamuck: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gortnamuck.md
- Kyleboher: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kyleboher.md
- Money: https://everytownland.com/offaly/money.md

A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/raheenmeel
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/raheenmeel